Project
| ID | INDIGO-POJ-0295 |
|---|---|
| Impact Bond Name - (Value) | YMCA Alternative Suspension Programme |
| Stage of Development - (Value) | Implementation |
| Stage of Development - (Source ID's) | source2 |
| Dates - Start date of service provision - (Value) | 2021-09 |
| Dates - (Source ID's) | source2,source3 |
| Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Currency - (Value) | CAD |
| Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Amount - Exact - (Value) | 3400000 |
| Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Amount USD - Exact - (Value) | 2560867.66 |
| Overall project finance - Maximum potential outcome payment - Currency - (Value) | CAD |
| Overall project finance - Maximum potential outcome payment - Amount - (Value) | 4500000 |
| Overall project finance - Maximum potential outcome payment - Amount USD - (Value) | 3389383.668 |
| Overall project finance - (Source ID's) | source2, source3 |
| Overall project finance - (Notes) | This is target investment commitment according to source2. |
| Purpose and classifications - Social challenge - (Value) | School dropout is a national crisis in Canada. School suspensions and other disciplinary measures are early indicators of a student’s potential to disengage from school. YMCA Alternative Suspension is a dropout prevention program designed to counter these risk factors. |
| Purpose and classifications - Intervention - (Value) | The Alternative Suspension Social Impact Bond (SIB) is an outcomes-based financing agreement that seeks to reduce school dropouts rates among youths aged 12–17, and act as a deterrence for repeated suspensions. The Programme supports secondary-level students who have been temporarily dismissed from the school setting through a three (3) to five (5) day offsite program. Students receive support with schoolwork, participate in group workshops, and engage in individual counselling, building autonomy and self-esteem throughout. |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - (Value) | Education |
| Purpose and classifications - Primary SDG goal - (Value) | 4 |
| Purpose and classifications - Secondary SDG goals - (Value) | 8,10,17 |
| Purpose and classifications - (Source ID's) | source1,source2 |
| Service and beneficiaries - Target population - (Value) | The programme welcomes youth between the ages of 10 to 17, who are confronted with significant risk factors in their personal and academic lives. Program participants are referred to the program by pre-identified, participating secondary level schools in each program community. |
| Service and beneficiaries - Targeted number of unique service users or beneficiaries (total) - (Value) | 1600 |
| Service and beneficiaries - Unit type of targeted service users or beneficiaries - (Value) | Individual |
| Service and beneficiaries - (Source ID's) | source2 |
| Changes to project due to COVID-19 - (Value) | Pause project |
| Changes to project due to COVID-19 - (Source ID's) | source2 |
| Delivery Locations 1: Service Provision ID - (Value) | deliverylocation1 |
| Delivery Locations 1: Location - Name - (Value) | Different programme sites across Canada (targeted communities in Ontario, Québec, British Columbia, and the Atlantic region) |
| Delivery Locations 1: Location - Country - (Value) | CA |
| Delivery Locations 1: Lat/Lng - Lat - (Value) | 50 |
| Delivery Locations 1: Lat/Lng - Lng - (Value) | -85 |
| Sources 1: Id | source1 |
| Sources 1: Name - (Value) | Alternative Suspension - Programme Description in YMCA website. Accessed July 2023. |
| Sources 1: Type - (Value) | Website |
| Sources 1: URL - (Value) | https://www.alternativesuspension.ca/en/YMCA-Alternative-Suspension/Program |
| Sources 2: Id | source2 |
| Sources 2: Name - (Value) | YMCAs of Quebec: The Alternative Suspension Social Impact Bond - news piece by SVX in Medium. Accessed July 2023. |
| Sources 2: Type - (Value) | Website |
| Sources 2: URL - (Value) | https://thesvx.medium.com/ymcas-of-quebec-the-alternative-suspension-social-impact-bond-c5fe75f67acb |
| Sources 3: Id | source3 |
| Sources 3: Name - (Value) | Government of Canada - Press release accessed on July 2023: Government of Canada invests in program to keep at-risk youth in school and away from crime |
| Sources 3: Type - (Value) | Press release |
| Sources 3: URL - (Value) | https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2021/08/government-of-canada-invests-in-program-to-keep-at-risk-youth-in-school-and-away-from-crime.html |
| Service Provisions 1: Id | serviceprovision1 |
| Service Provisions 1: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1541 |
| Service Provisions 1: Organisation Role Category - (Value) | Nonprofit/NGO |
| Service Provisions 1: Intervention - (Value) | The program provides workshops, one-on-one meetings with a youth worker, dedicated time for schoolwork, and referrals to community and school resources, to students who might traditionally be suspended from school. The goal of the program is to limit risk factors for delinquency by supporting students in a successful return to school, decrease repeated suspensions and improve educational and social outcomes. |
| Service Provisions 1: Planned Service - Start - (Value) | 2021-09 |
| Outcome Payment Commitments 1: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1623 |
| Outcome Payment Commitments 1: Organisation Role Category - (Value) | Government/Public Sector/Public Bank |
| Outcome Payment Commitments 1: Maximum potential Outcome payment - Currency - (Value) | CAD |
| Outcome Payment Commitments 1: Maximum potential Outcome payment - Amount - (Value) | 4500000 |
| Outcome Payment Commitments 1: Maximum potential Outcome payment - Amount USD - (Value) | 3389383.668 |
| Investments 1: Id | investment1 |
| Investments 1: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1620 |
| Investments 2: Id | investment2 |
| Investments 2: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1460 |
| Investments 3: Id | investment3 |
| Investments 3: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1459 |
| Investments 4: Id | investment4 |
| Investments 4: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1624 |
| Investments 5: Id | investment5 |
| Investments 5: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1621 |
| Intermediary services 1: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0760 |
| Intermediary services 1: Organisation Role Category - (Value) | Other |
| Intermediary services 1: Other Role Description - (Value) | Helped secure investment partners to support the SIB |
| Intermediary services 2: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1622 |
| Intermediary services 2: Organisation Role Category - (Value) | Other |
| Intermediary services 2: Other Role Description - (Value) | Helped secure investment partners to support the SIB |
| Outcome Metrics 1: Id | outcomemetric1 |
| Outcome Metrics 1: Outcome Definition - (Value) | Programme Completion: The YMCAs of Québec will track the total number of individuals who completed the program during the duration of the SIB. The YMCAs of Québec anticipates 1,547 youth completing the programme. |
| Outcome Metrics 2: Id | outcomemetric2 |
| Outcome Metrics 2: Outcome Definition - (Value) | Change in Behaviour: The YMCAs of Québec measures the difference in the percentage of a cohort that exhibits a positive change in behaviour after participating in the Alternative Suspension program vs. the percentage of a comparison group that exhibits a positive change in behaviour without the program or from another intervention. |
| Results 1: Outcome Metric Id - (Value) | outcomemetric1 |
| Results 1: Result level - (Value) | Outcome level |
| Results 1: Other Description of result - (Value) | The program has a positive influence on 85% of participants in the medium-term and 50% of participants in the long-term. |
| Results 2: Outcome Metric Id - (Value) | outcomemetric2 |
| Results 2: Result level - (Value) | Outcome level |
| Results 2: Other Description of result - (Value) | According to a recent impact study, our participants are much more likely to succeed in school. By the end of the school year, 44% of participants met or exceeded expected learning outcomes, compared to only 29% of members of a control group. |
| Results 3: Outcome Metric Id - (Value) | outcomemetric3 |
| Results 3: Result level - (Value) | Outcome level |
| Results 3: Other Description of result - (Value) | More than 75% of parents of participants noticed a change in their child’s behaviour after the program, while more than 65% said that communication and collaboration with their child’s school had improved. |
| Results 4: Outcome Metric Id - (Value) | outcomemetric4 |
| Results 4: Result level - (Value) | Outcome level |
| Results 4: Other Description of result - (Value) | School administrators report that participants tend to receive fewer disciplinary actions after attending the program. In fact, 65% of program participants were reported to have fewer disciplinary actions, compared to 40% of members of a control group. |